The
Music Department
Welcome
to the Music Department at Nonsuch High School. This is an extremely
exciting time for the department, with recent investment in music
technology and instruments resulting in our exceptional facilities.
These facilities have enabled us to move in new directions, whilst
still maintaining the more traditional aspects of music-making.
Nonsuch has a long tradition of excellence in music. In addition
to music in the classroom, there are numerous choirs and ensembles;
evening and lunchtime concerts; opportunities to take individual
lessons in school; and regular trips to concerts and workshops.
Over 350 pupils have instrumental lessons in school; these are
30-minute lessons taught during the school day on a rota system
by visiting peripatetic staff. Our key objective is to nurture
excellence and encourage creative music-making in pupils of all
abilities and backgrounds. Please browse the various sections
of the music site to find out about our curriculum provision,
and to listen to a sample of performance and composition work
from our pupils.
"Provision in music is excellent" OFSTED 2004
Next
event: Carol Service, 10th December 2009 at St. Andrew’s
Church, 7.30pm
There is no entrance fee; should you wish to contribute, donations
will be in aid of Crisis at Christmas
Accomodation
The department is accommodated in a purpose-built music suite,
comprising two large teaching rooms, a Recording Studio, seven
Practice Rooms, a Sixth Form Resources Room, Percussion Room,
Instrument Store and Department Office. The composition teaching
room holds sixteen workstations running Sibelius 5 and Cubase
SE3, both of which are used at all levels. The performance teaching
room contains fifteen Casio touch-sensitive keyboards, an electronic
drum kit, ten djembes, xylophones, and various classroom percussion
instruments.
Staff
Mrs Melanie Bowes - Head of Music
Mrs Tricia Rickard - Music Teacher
Mr David Johnson - Music Teacher
Mrs Kim Hardie - Curriculum Support Officer
Fourteen visiting peripatetic teachers.
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